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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






2. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






3. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






4. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






5. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






6. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






7. Anglo-Saxon - Latin - Greek






8. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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9. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






10. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






11. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






12. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






13. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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14. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






15. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






16. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






17. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






18. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






19. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






20. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






21. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






22. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together






23. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






24. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






25. An objective test that is given and scored in a uniform manner. Scores are often norm-referenced. For example SAT






26. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






27. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






28. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






29. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress






30. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






31. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






32. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






33. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






34. Whole body learning






35. Academic Language Therapy Association






36. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






37. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






38. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






39. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






40. A test in which a student's performance is compared to that of a norm group. Often used to measure and compare students - schools - districts and states.






41. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






42. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






43. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






44. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






45. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






46. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






47. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






48. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






49. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






50. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.